Sophie Beach

Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Zhu Sun: Bloggers post hopes for change

The Standard writes about Hong Kong bloggers: In the case of a few Hong Kong-grown blogs like Glutter.org, their authors are adding voice to a growing grassroots democracy movement that may be virtual in presence but very real in the belief it represents: that Hong Kong people should work together to form a civil society. […]

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Craig Simons: Meds And Miracles

From Newsweek: These days China is reeling from an HIV and AIDS epidemic that could infect 10 million people by the end of the decade, the United Nations says. The good news is that Western drugmakers are clamoring to begin clinical trials of new drugs on the mainland. China offers them a means of doing […]

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David Barboza: West’s dilemma over China textiles

From the IHT: The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday that in the first three months of the year, preliminary data showed that imports of textile and apparel products from China rose more than 63 percent from a year earlier… The figures came just days after Beijing released data showing that exports to the United States […]

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China may surrender to Indian IT brigade’s onslaught

From the Economic Times (India): Not satisfied with the unique distinction of outpacing China, IT majors ” from Infosys, Wipro and TCS to MphasiS, Zensar and Cognizant ” are also eyeing a slice of China’s IT piece. Logging into China is also expected to open a window to tougher markets like Japan and Korea. Although […]

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Bloggers Report Anti-Japan Protests

Chinese bloggers, including Drunk Dream and aqidesign have posted information and photos of violent protests in Chengdu against Japan’s UN Security Council bid. At 2:30 pm on April 2, students gathered at the Ito Yokado...

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